|
Tumba, is living location from the
Neolithic period. It is located in the north-eastern part of
Skopje, in the eastern parts of Skopje, Metodija Andonov - Čento and
Madzari 2, near the football stadium around 700 meters from the well known
European free way E-75.
It represents a small hill with dimensions in the base 228 meters and 3 meters
high. In the period before the earthquake in Skopje, before 1963, this land was
used as an farmland, even it was easy seen. Later after the earthquake were
built this modern municipalities and there was uncontrolled building everywhere
so the hill got in a not looking phase. In the period after 1978 the Museum of
Macedonia makes researches and makes protection for this locality. The
researches discovered that this site was a different periods living place. From
1981, were made several systematic researches, who stands until the year 1990.
The area which was researched was around 1,400 square km. There were discovered
7 objects, 6 houses and 1 sanctuary. Almost in all of them were found places for
fire, and things with materialistic culture. Sure most of things were made of
ceramics, decorated as well as possible in that period and painted brown above
red base. Also on these subjects were painted symbols like ware, rain... and
other connected to the that period. Beside the ceramics, were discovered cult
plastic. Also from this site, was found the famous and well known to the
Macedonians, the great goddess of the production, which represents unique, thing
for the other sites from this period. |
|
